The first COVID-19 case in Sudan was confirmed on 14 March 2020 and soon after all 18 states were affected, with most cases identified in Khartoum. To slow down the spread of COVID-19, the government closed airports, sea-ports and land crossings on 16 March and imposed a lockdown in Khartoum on 18 April. Refugees have been severely affected by the crisis and COVID-19 cases have been observed among refugees by UNHCR

As of 12June 2020, there are 667confirmed COVID-19 casesin the OPT (565 of which are recovered cases), and 48% of which (320 cases) are in East Jerusalem and its suburbs. Additionally, there have been 5 reported COVID-19 deaths (1 in the West Bank, 1 in Gaza and 3 in East Jerusalem

Protecting Migrants or Reversing Migration? COVID-19 and the risks of a protracted crisis in Latin America

The Russian Federation continues to be a major destination country for Central Asianlabour migrants. There were nearly million Central Asians living in the Russian Federation in 2019, mainly coming from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan in order to seek employment opportunities. Men continue to make up the majority of Central Asian migrants in Russia, but the number of women is increasin

Over nine years of protracted and violent conflict in Syria has decimated its health system,killed an estimated 586,000 people and forcibly displaced more than half the 22 million pre-war population from their homes. As of June 2020, a total of 6.2 million Syrians (of whom 40% are children) are internally displaced (IDPs) and 5.5 million are refugees. Over half of Syria’s population (11.7 million) are in-need of humanitarian aid across the whole of Syri

Migrants in the United States experience various living conditions primarily dependent on their residency status. Asylum seekers and undocumented migrants are subject to detention while awaiting trial for asylum claims or removal proceedings. There are 211detention facilities in the U.S.,and they are broadly comprised of government-run facilities that house only detainees, and contracted jails or private prisons with mixed detainee and other incarcerated populations. Refugees receive resettlement assistance from nine U.S. non-governmentalorganizations (known as Resettlement Agencies)who work across 49states and the District of Columbia to provide initial reception and placement services for a minimum of 90 days. These Resettlement Agencies work in coordination with the State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration in addition to Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement(ORR). Refugees may apply for permanent residence one year after admission, and naturalization after five years

In Israel, as in other countries, the COVID-19 outbreak highlights existing structural inequities,which compromise the health of some migrant groups. The Israeli case also demonstrate show strong NGOs successfully advocate for the protection of migrants‘health amidst the crisis, madepossible bya certain level ofcooperation withthe Israeli Ministry of Health.Hence,measures for COVID-19preparedness in Israel‘s marginalized migrant communities mostly result from pressure from civil society, against thebackdrop of a generally exclusionary approach toward migrants.4Over time, the Israeli Ministry of Health thus shifted from acknowledging the need to include migrants in preparedness measures toward the realization that particular needs and circumstances amongmigrant communities in some instances require special responses. Givena legacy of neglect and exclusion, this creates challenges for both the authorities and the migrant communities

German and English: Die Publikation informiert ueber die Herausforderungen, die Sammelunterkuenfte im Pandemiefall an den OEffentlichen Gesundheitsdienst (OEGD) stellen und die Handlungsoptionen des OEG

Das UEbertragungsrisiko virusbedingter Erkrankungen der Atemwege ist in Gemeinschaftsunterkuenften(darunter sind im Folgenden alle Sammelunterbringungen fuer Gefluechtete und Asylsuchende gemaess IfSG gemeint, inkl. Erstaufnahmeeinrichtungen/ANKER Einrichtungen sowie alle Anschlussunterbringungen) besonders hoch, da hier viele Menschen auf engem Raum zusammen leben und Wohn-, Ess- und Sanitaerraeume gemeinsam nutzen

The British Government has enacted exceptional measures in the face of the novel coronavirus 2019pandemic (COVID-19). Yet, without the explicit consideration of its migrant and refugee populations, thesemeasures risk being inequitable and ineffective. An estimated 14.3% (9.34 million) of people living in theUnited Kingdom are international migrants.Evidence shows that exclusion of any persons, includingmigrant populations, from healthcare leads to difficulty not only in controlling the virus, but can lead to aresurgence of the outbreak.For COVID-19 responses to be effective, they must explicitly address theneeds of migrants, as outlined by the World Health Organization (WHO),the International Organisationfor Migration (IOM), and multiple organisation